| Origin |
The dried mature seeds of Sesamum indicum L., family Lipidaceae.
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| Function and treatment |
Tonifying the liver and kidney, benefiting the essence and blood, and moistening intestinal dryness. For deficiency of essence and blood, dizziness and deafness, tinnitus and deafness, premature graying of the beard and hair loss after illness, and dryness and constipation of the intestines. |
| Origin and best harvesting period |
It is cultivated throughout China. Cultivated throughout China, mainly in Sichuan, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan and other places. The plants are harvested in autumn when the fruit is ripe, dried in the sun, the seeds beaten off, the impurities removed and then dried in the sun. |
